Eric Barry

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“Happy Anniversary” by Eric Barry

Submitted to Contest #183

“We’re just too different.” Daniel slips his withered hand out from underneath my own. He gives my shoulder a squeeze and groans as he picks himself up from our shared Sertapedic. He crosses the room and pauses at the door to pull his cane from around the knob. I close my eyes and smile. We’ve had this conversation before, and in the past, I may have fought to change his mind. Today, I let him pause and look back at me. “Take care of yourself, Marv.” The soft thump-thump-thud of his footsteps down the stairs disappears. The front door cre...

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